A British producer, writer, and editor born in 1961. His first media job was as a correspondent for the Ealing Gazette. He is best known for producing Essex Boys (2000), Dirty Filthy Love (2004) and Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman (2005). He also co-wrote the screenplay for Philomena, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award in 2014 for Best Adapted Screenplay.